Al-Ahli Saudi Sports Club

Al-Ahli Saudi Sports Club is a Saudi Arabian professional sports club based in Jeddah. It's known by it football team Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club In addition to football, the club Volleyball, Team handball, Basketball, Swimming (sport), and Athletics (sport) teams. Al-Ahli achieved more in all the games of the 1100 or more championships in the share of first-team including holds 47 championships in football. Al-Ahli won the Saudi Premier League twice in 1978 and 1984. In 1984, Al-Ahli was under the management of Telê Santana Under Santana, Al-Ahli won Saudi Champions Cup in 1983, Saudi Professional League in 1984, and Gulf Club Champions Cup in 1985. Al-Ahli was the first club to win the double in 1978, and is the only club in Saudi Arabia that won 12 titles of the King's Cup and thus the team known as "The Royal". The team, along with only few teams, to have always played in the first division.

Achievements

Club holds 47 official championship.

Domestic

• Saudi Premier League:
  • Winners (2) : 1978, 1984.^[1]
  • Runners-up (6) : 1990, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2012.

• Crown Prince Cup:
  • Winners (5) : 1957 (Al-Thaghar), 1970, 1998, 2002, 2007.^[2]
  • Runners-up (6) : 1958 (Al-Thaghar), 1974, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010.
• King's Cup
  • Winners (10) : 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983.
  • Runners-up (2) : 1974,1984.

• King Cup of Champions:
  • Winners (2) : 2011, 2012^[3]

Al-Ahli's squad, picture taken in 1950

• Saudi Federation cup:
  • Winners (5) : 2001, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2013.
  • Runners-up (6) : 1976, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2003, 2006, 2011.^[4]

• Saudi Founder's Cup:
  • Runners-up (1) : 1999

Asian

• AFC Champions League:
  • Runners-up (2) : 1986, 2012.

Arab

• Arab Champions League:
  • Winners (1) : 2003.^[5]

Gulf

• Gulf Club Champions Cup:
  • Winners (3) : 1985, 2002, 2008.^[6]

Other

• Saudi Shield Cup
  • Winners (1) : 1969.

• International Friendship Football Tournament:
  • Winners (2) : 2002, 2003.

• Saudi Regional Cup:
  • Winners (10) : 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976.

• Regions Of Mecca And Medina Areas Cup:
  • Winners (1) : 1967.

• Jeddah Champions League:
  • Winners (2) : 1961, 1962.

• Maseef Season Trophies:
  • Winners (3) : 1966, 1974, 1982.

Note: the International Friendship Football Tournament is officially recognized by both FIFA and AFC

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 6 appearances

1986: Runner-up .^[7]

2002–03: Qualifying West – 3rd Round

2005: Quarter-Finals

2008: Group Stage

2010: Group Stage

2012: Runner-up

2013: Quarter-finals

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